I have overwintered med nucs down here Annette but your winters are more severe. I think you could do it. Just make sure they have enough feed and be prepared to emergency feed if necessary. I would suggest as Allen did fattening them up and weighing the hive before winter. If need be you can weigh them later on into winter to gauge whether they need feed or not. If you have the means, freeze a few frames of honey as a stand by if they need it.

Annette, you might consider placing the nuc on top of a double screen inner cover on top of a strong hive- the heat from the strong hive rises into the nuc and saves them a lot of work keeping warm. I've done this here and it worked- did have to feed the nuc to get it ready for winter. lee...

Last year I removed a Q and the remaining bees from a SHB infested NUC that had ben a swarm and placed her in my OB hive. She survived with a fist full of bees. In the spring, I gave her some brood. She recovered nicely and I later added her to a split. She was a good producer.Jim

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The best chance is in a polystyrene nuc with a small bottom entrance. Heat retention is the biggest concern. Get them in it ASAP and feed them a gallon of 2:1 syrup and then don't open. This gives them time to seal any air leaks. I have good success overwintering small nucs this way. The retained heat now will let them raise the most bees to prepare for winter. You could even up there population with excess bees from booming colonies. If they keep warm, there will be no condensation issues.

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The best chance is in a polystyrene nuc with a small bottom entrance. Heat retention is the biggest concern. Get them in it ASAP and feed them a gallon of 2:1 syrup and then don't open. This gives them time to seal any air leaks. I have good success overwintering small nucs this way. The retained heat now will let them raise the most bees to prepare for winter. You could even up there population with excess bees from booming colonies. If they keep warm, there will be no condensation issues.

We are still having high 90's so no issues right now with heat retention, but I know this will be the most important thing. Joanne plans on getting some hay stacks to place close around them to keep them warm. She also moved them to a warmer location.

By the way did you read my post on the laying worker that accepted the queen using your introduction frame?

The beekeeper who caught this swarm only has 2 other hives and really wants to make an effort to save this hive. Also this is sort of an experiment. If she ends up a mated queen, then it is good to try and save them rather than killing the queen in order to combine.

The beekeeper who caught this swarm only has 2 other hives and really wants to make an effort to save this hive. Also this is sort of an experiment. If she ends up a mated queen, then it is good to try and save them rather than killing the queen in order to combine.

Annette

holy holy

just like our neighbour 100 yards away.

He had 10 mother cats and 50 puppies and he was not able to kill not a single one.Then animal protection society came and cleaned the situation.

And the next neighbour had horses and 20 dogs. Authorities has taken her 3 children away because mother liked more horses and dogs.